{"product_id":"sports-recreation-harvey-h-jackson-9780807871737","title":"Sports \u0026 Recreation","description":"What southerners do, where they go, and what they expect to accomplish in their spare time, their \"leisure,\" reveals much about their cultural values, class and racial similarities and differences, and historical perspectives. This volume of \u003ci\u003eThe New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture\u003c\/i\u003e offers an authoritative and readable reference to the culture of sports and recreation in the American South, surveying the various activities in which southerners engage in their nonwork hours, as well as attitudes surrounding those activities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventy-four thematic essays explore activities from the familiar (porch sitting and fairs) to the essential (football and stock car racing) to the unusual (pool checkers and a sport called \"fireballing\"). In seventy-seven topical entries, contributors profile major sites associated with recreational activities (such as Dollywood, drive-ins, and the Appalachian Trail) and prominent sports figures (including Althea Gibson, Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, and Hank Aaron). Taken together, the entries provide an engaging look at the ways southerners relax, pass time, celebrate, let loose, and have fun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvey H. Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807871737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807871737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.23w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011","brand":"Harvey H. Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962518786303,"sku":"9780807871737","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b566a05-6415-41e8-a2c8-858456029778.jpg?v=1750651692","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sports-recreation-harvey-h-jackson-9780807871737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}